by James Workman | Aug 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
We know AquaShares is a market design firm that works to build water resilience through transparency, trading and trust. Less appreciated is that we are also, at root, a “risk management” company. We help families, farmers, and firms reduce their...
by James Workman | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Rights-Based Revolutions Beneath the Surface Political struggles over flows for spawning salmon have led Californians to imagine that the interests and outlook of commercial fishermen and irrigation farmers are diametrically opposed. Yet they may have...
by James Workman | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
How Local Markets Replenish Our Most Priceless Resource In the heart of Silicon Valley, a TEDx event organized at Santa Clara University focused on the theme of “Mythos.” When we think about our past, the identities of our different cultures, and the...
by James Workman | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Water-Trading Has Deep and Ancient Roots For centuries, transparent water exchanges have built resilience across diverse cultures. These traditional self-governing systems weren’t imported and installed by economists or governments. Read more via Wall...
by James Workman | Aug 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
To unlock rich data, lock in groundwater rights, markets On August 22, attendees at the 4th Annual Water Data Summit at UC Davis spoke at length about the uses of, need for, and benefits from harnessing more and better information about water use: ...
